10 Times Larry David Went Too Far On Curb Your Enthusiasm
6. Feud With A National Treasure
A lot of celebrity figures are easy (and fun!) to criticise, but some have made themselves so beloved that they’re basically impervious to hate. Once such celeb is Back To The Future star Michael J Fox. Everybody loves him, right? He’s Marty McFly, and seems like a decent guy! Well, not as far as LD is concerned.
Michael and Larry become embroiled in a particularly petty argument after Larry shushes the actor, who is talking over his girlfriend’s barroom piano playing. Fox then exacerbates the conflict with an aggrieved head shake as he departs the bar, which he puts down to an involuntary side effect of his Parkinson’s disease.
This sends Larry down a conspiracy theory rabbit hole, as his further meetings with Fox result in incidents that could be chalked up to either aggression, or illness. Larry wastes no time going in on one of Hollywood’s most beloved figures, convinced that Fox is using his well known health issues to get back at a rival.
Larry caps off the feud by claiming he’s going to Paris in order to avoid doing some charity work - from shushing to fleeing halfway around the world, things escalate awfully quickly.